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blc circumstances in the state of the country in the neighborhood of 

 London, that, while all the main roads are bordered by houses for some 

 miles from town, so as almost to resemble streets; there are tracts 

 which lie between the main roads, and quite near town, v.'hich have 

 undergone little or no change in the nature of their occupation for 



[Fig. 1. Cheshnnt Cottage, from the Road.] 



several, and apparently many, generations ; at all events, not since the 

 days of Queen Elizabeth. The tracts of country to which v/e allude 

 are in pasture or meadow, with crooked irregular hedges, numerous 

 stiles and footpaths, and occasional houses by the roadsides ; the farms 

 characterized by large hay barns. Scenery of this kind is never seen 

 by the citizen who goes to his country seat along the public road, in 

 his family carriage, or in a stage-coach ; and it is accordingly only known 

 to pedestrians, and such as are not afraid of driving their horses over 

 rough roads, or meeting wagons or hay-carts in narrow lanes. The 

 road through the Green Lanes to Enfield is an excellent turnpike road, 

 always in a good state, with occasional villas near Bour Farm and 

 Palmer's Green; and near Enfield, at Forty Hill, there is a handsome 

 church, built and endowed by Mr. Myers, opposite to his park, which 

 is filled with large and handsome trees. Afterwards it passes the cele- 

 brated park of Theobalds, near where formerly stood a royal palace 



